English Idioms: A Review of Recognition Criteria

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dc.contributor.authorJowitt, David
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-19T11:26:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T14:58:39Z
dc.date.available2014-11-19T11:26:49Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T14:58:39Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper David Jowitt attempts to review the characteristics by which an idiom may be recognised. After exploring the various ways in which the term 'idiom' has been used by scholars and in dictionaries, he observes that the set of properties often used to define the idiom are insufficient. However drawing inspiration from the various terms, descriptions and classification of previous works, Jowitt goes on to list four necessary properties of idioms. These should form the basis for the compilation of a new dictionary of idioms, including particularly the dictionary that would meet the special needs of teachers and learners of English in Nigeria.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.citationJowitt, David (1994). English Idioms: A Review of Recognition Criteria. In Adegbite, Wale and Onukaogu (eds.) Language in Education in Nigeria: Some Critical Perspectives (in honour of Professor Adebisi Afolayan). Ile-Ife: Centre for Language in Education and Development.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2644
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages11en_US
dc.publisherCentre for Language in Education and Developmenten_US
dc.subjectIdiomsen_US
dc.subjectVocabulary developmenten_US
dc.subjectNigerian idiomsen_US
dc.subjectIdiomatic Englishen_US
dc.subjectParadigmaticen_US
dc.subjectSyntagmaticen_US
dc.titleEnglish Idioms: A Review of Recognition Criteriaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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